adamstrange

Sometimes better. Sometimes not.

He was very, very good and very, very careful. He attempted to cross-check his findings with artists, company/personal records, and other similarly skillful spotters.

Unless they cite a solid source for the attribution or it's done by one of the high quality art spotters, I don't take the GCD too seriously. They were an open platform that encouraged lots of participation by enthusiastic but not always equally skilled contributors. It's an outstanding resource supported by an awesome group of volunteers, and they seem to be cleaning things up, gradually.

Close enough. Whitman inks on Doolin pencils/layout.

We need to run a poll: "Best Shirt in an LB Cole Cover".

These are outstanding covers!

Nice book! My understanding was the Vancouver books were submitted as a whole and then sold as a whole to Geppi. It's always possible that something inexpensive and not quite as high grade was left off, but I have not heard anything like that.

A video that helped shape my thinking on how long copyrights should be extended. Basically, everything is a remix. If original (i.e. sufficiently well-mixed), then limited duration protection is deserved, after which it should be cast back in the pool for others.

I exaggerate for humorous effect, but the post I was responding to: I would not strip them of the characters, just end the monopoly of a soulless corporation whose current staff had zero involvement in their creation. DC and Marvel have given these characters to dozens of creators, who have created wildly inconsistent versions with barely a thought for continuity. For the record, I, and most folks, care only a little about continuity. (This is easily proven by observing how little continuity errors have done to prevent the continued popularity of Batman and Superman across the decades.) Let all who wish try their hand with these characters. The best will survive, the worst will be forgotten.

Disney has done very little with the character, mostly out of fear of damaging the brand. Mickey was an exciting character in the first cartoons. His newspaper strip adventures were exciting and funny. If you won't use a character, then release him back to the wild to let others take a swing. Bad stuff will be created. Good stuff will be created. Ignore what you dislike and give attention to what you like. I'm completely unbothered by the lack of continuity with respect to a great character like Sherlock Holmes. I'm immune to impact due to stupid adaptions, and I don't see any particular societal breakdown arising from them.

Yes

Robin Hood to Robin Hood

Hiding the best part...

How come it doesn't appear in any of the pictures of the open box?

Copyrights and patents were mentioned in the US Constitution because it was thought that some protection for them would encourage investment of time and resources required to invent things. It was expected the protections would be of limited duration because nothing is completely new. Those who invent were standing on shoulders of giants who preceded them, and to restrict re-use of new inventions was to over-reward inventors and delay further advancements.

I was expecting a restored, raw Action 1 to show up at either Heritage or C-connect. Most likely, the one we are discussing is that book.

So it's just the car? Ratfink not included?

Amazing threads. I'll see myself out.

It took me a few minutes to answer because: The sale was back in 1991 The auction catalog lots were ordered according to some secret sequence only understood by Jerry Wiest The tears I had to keep wiping away as I saw the amazing books and art that went for a pittance of what they would go for today I would think that the Frankenstein was pictured because it was graded nm and indicative of the high quality of that particular lot. It only graded a 7.0 and the WTOF 8, part of this same lot, only graded 8.5. The horror books were grouped into lots so it's certainly possible that some of these were lower graded items within the lot. It's also possible that some damage occurred over the years as 50s books are definitely more susceptible to damage than their "big" GA brothers from the early 40s.

If only Cole had known what was his real secret sauce he could have made quite a name for himself as a cover artist.

The WMs were first offered via Sothebys. The grades of many, while nice, is not quite as high as it looked like they might turn out to be.

If it was graded at vf-,by CGC it might.

I've updated the original post but here's the corrected list

Oops!

Nice colors on this cover but that soldier in the foreground has one ugly mug.